The report quotes e-mails to colleagues in which Schlozman called civil rights attorneys “pinkos” and “commies.” He bragged about hiring “real Americans” and “bitch-slapping a bunch of attorneys” he perceived as liberal.
Yikes — somebody did something bad in the government and we’re actually holding them accountable! Truly, these are the last days. I’m curious as to what will come of this, but this is the most unequivocal finding of wrongdoing I can think of in the past eight years.
January 14, 2009 23:04
Not really? There won’t be any prosecution.
January 16, 2009 11:46
True. I’m just glad that the Justice Department is willing to say that the guy did something wrong. Maybe I’m just not thinking hard enough, but most of the comparable investigations I recall from the past several years have wound up with pretty limp-wristed conclusions.
Prosecution would be great, but I think this is a fine first step (if only in signaling change in the air).
January 19, 2009 00:18
An example of investigations coming to limp conclusions: “Pentagon exonerates itself in Iraq war TV spin investigation’ (Ars Technica).
There is only one path and that is the path that you take, but you can take more than one path. Cross over the cell bars, find a new maze, make the maze from its path, find the cell bars, cross over the bars, find a maze, make the maze from its path, eat the food, eat the path.
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